New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-08
GLADSTONE VS.. HARRINGTON.
A porrrICo-PERsONAL CONTROVERSY oF
INCREASING SHARPNESS.

yIIL THE PLACE OF Mh MATTHEWS
OPINION IN TIE CAss CAsE-IRIsH ELEc-
r1oNxKRINd- THE DROUTH SOCIAL
roPrCs-MR. BLAINE GOING 10 ZEE
Mr. CARNEGIE HoNoRED'
rsY oAB1x TO THE rRIBuNKl
sopyrtoAt, 1887, NORTH Amsrtean Cable Hs@s 90.
rnvnov July 7-Dissension between Un1onlsts
and Liberals has now taken the form OF o shafP
personal controversy between Mr. Gladstone anu
lord Harrington. The latter replied unexpected
" on Tuesday afternoon to Mr.. Gladstones fease
dinner speech, and Mr.. Gladstone unable 70 wai'
for 3 chance of speaking, rejoins this morning
by letter. The argument turns on historical
matters. on personal recollectlons, ana on %an
actions in the Cabinet which neither feels Justi-
ga IN fulv disclosing. Tho points in dispute
aro at anv ratio too complicated to be lucldy
axn,ained in q paragraph. I can only give you
the immersion these hostites make on SPECTATORS
AS the majority of spectators in London aro
strongly anti ladstonian, they think Loro harV
tnpton has thus far the better Of the argument
A defeat Of the Government on side issue
ura the Cass incident involves nothing more
sorious than discredit and some ridicule' MI
wv II Smiths refusal Of an inquiry into MISS
t,ass,s arrest WAS one Of those blunders whlch
No 0ood Leader of the House would have made'
The feeling that the police and police magistrate
had made a mistake was general. mr' Ne"'on
has long been known an arbitrary ana oohi-
noering indpe lie accepted the testimony OF
single policeman against girl apparently inno-
cent and drove out Of court the girls empioyer
who tried to certify to her good character Inc
British public has a well founded suspicion OF the
testimony Of the police in such cases. Inc oe
lief is general, moreover, that blaclmalhng pre-
wallis among the force Professionally 1mmorai
women orc allowed to promenade Regent stree1
unmoLsted. while the casual way farer is pounceo
unon This case has reused indignation among
people who have no sympathy whatever wi1h tho
stereotyped agitation persevered In py one ho
torious journal But just as the ponce SUCK W
each other and the magistrate STANDS ny 'no
no,cc so the Home Secretary supports the maeiS-
trate and the Ministers bolster up their coneaSuo'
The result is they AL come tumblng down Vo-
petber Mr. Smith ON Wednesday had 10 uhS"y
every thing he had said on Tuesday, promise an
;poniry into the case. and promise thao 0ii'
newton shoapl be ovcrhauled by the Lord Chan
cellor. -
ur Matthew'S came out Of the business SO
badly that people supposed he would resign l
believe he did actually offer to resign ouo Ao.o
Salisbury thought he had better remain Ior 'he
present Mr. Matthews has been much atc'eAeo
lately He was Lord Randolph Churchilrs noml-
nee. but Lord Randolph Churchill threw MN
over during this debate with what lookeo iiNe
alacritv. and called him pedant; meaning tnaV
he took a purely lawyer-like view Oh a ma''cr
which involved things more important thah iceai
particularties. He Is al apie "an WIN '0 WV
late into politics.
What the Tories now want is to get hold OF
Sir Henry James one of the first three lawyers
in England of great experience in pubic me- W
whom Mr.. Gladstone when medtating his liome
Rule coup yainly offered the choice between the
Lord Chancel,orship and the Home ONCE !ms
last post sir Henry James would really have tNed.
II the disputes between the Gladstonians ana
ITn;onists continue to increase in bitterness the
tendency will be to drive all the latter INTO the
arms of the Government and the Tories may yet
capture Sir Henry James, who, however, prefers
to train in Lord Hartington's company
Mr.. Morley's striking speech yesterday at Man
chester contains an important declaration lie
asserts as if by authority that MIR. Gladstone at
Swansea did promise the Irish should remain at
Westminster after the establishment OF Parna-
ment at Dublin. This is all the more significant
because Mr. Morley himself has been the strongest
advocate of the exclusion of the Irish members
from the Imperial Parliament.
The North paddington election occurs to-
morrow Mr.. Edmund Routiedge is making a
spirited effort to win the seat for the Liberals,
but the Tory majority of nearly thousand Is
probably too heavy to be overcome. Here as else
where the Irish are working heartily for the
Liberal candidate The success OF their methoo
Of clectioneering as practised at spaiding rather
alarms the Tories. whose style Of conducting
contest is more CID fashioned
The drouth in some parts of England is be-
coming very serious In large part of Corn
wall there has been no rainfall since February,
and farmers are turning their sheep into the col n
fields.
The State Ball at Buckingham Palace last night
drew together once the remaining Royalties
and the usual select delegation from the fashion
able world. One of these privileged beings de-
scribcd this function splendid but dull. The
Royalties reappear this afternoon at curious
function called Mosques and Revels at Trays
Inn These gayeties are Of very ancient date.
Lord Bacon, according to the records OF this Inn,
OF which he was a member, once assisted Ia COM
posing certain Triumphs there presented.
Mr. Elaine pays tribute to personal friend
ship by leaving London this morning for Edin-
bureh. lie abandons much agreeable society and
many new friends who are eager to see more OF
Kim in order to be present in Edinburgh at tho
festivities in honor of Mr.. Andrew Carnegie Edin-
bureh gives MIR. Carnegie the Freedom Of the
City, banquet and a public reception in recog-
milton Of his generous library gift. But for the
wish to be present on this occasion MIR. Blaine
would prolong his visit in London. which think
he has found pleasant. London at any rate has
found him pleasant. His striking personality Is
something new to society, which rather wonders
TO find man very much in earnest yet capable
of treating light matters lightly
Mr.. Blaine, think. has never talked Home
Rule or other politics unless somebody else In
troduced the subject Once started he has pre-
scnted the American view with perfect frankness'
His Tory friends have heard from him, II they